Little Rock woman arrested on suspicion of stabbing neighborLITTLE ROCK (AP) — Police say a 31-year-old woman stabbed her Little Rock neighbor after an argument. According to a Little Rock Police Department report, the woman was burning leaves at her home when her 52-year-old neighbor asked her not to move to where he was painting on his property. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (http://bit.ly/1KbpDDk ) reports a witness told police they saw the two neighbors exchange words before the woman said she was ...

Little Rock woman arrested on suspicion of stabbing neighborLITTLE ROCK (AP) — Police say a 31-year-old woman stabbed her Little Rock neighbor after an argument. According to a Little Rock Police Department report, the woman was burning leaves at her home when her 52-year-old neighbor asked her not to move to where he was painting on his property. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (http://bit.ly/1KbpDDk ) reports a witness told police they saw the two neighbors exchange words before the woman said she was ...

State troopers rescue teenage victim in human trafficking operationArkansas State Troopers and civilian investigators of the State Police Crimes Against Children Division are being credited with locating and recovering a 15-year-old girl who had been sexually exploited while being held in a human trafficking operation. The arrest of Amber Johnson, 28, of North Little Rock last Wednesday night (April 29) at a south Little Rock motel has become part of a larger human trafficking investigation. The investigation...

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Atkins man sentenced to eight yearsDANVILLE — A 33-year-old Atkins man pleaded no contest to second-degree sexual assault and was sentenced to eight years in the Arkansas Department of Correction in Yell County Circuit Court. According to Yell County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Capt. John Foster, Lt. Scott Moore talked with a female complainant on Jan. 28, 2014, that her alleged ex-boyfriend, Jimmy Chris McMullin, had made her children watch pornographic videos as he acted inappropr...

Witness: Man on trial for murder unlikely to father childASHDOWN (AP) — A urologist says man charged with killing an Ashdown couple is unlikely to have fathered a child, as prosecutors have said. Forty-five-year-old Timothy Lamont Howard is on trial in Little River County for the 1997 deaths of Brian Day and Shannon Day and for attempted murder of the Day's 7-month-old son. Prosecutors have said Howard killed Shannon Day because she thought she was pregnant with Howard's child and that he killed Bri...

Some Little Rock police officers to try out body camerasLITTLE ROCK (AP) — Police in Little Rock are set to try wearing cameras for a 30-day test period. The department said Friday that seven Taser-brand cameras will be assigned next week to officers in the northwest, southwest and downtown divisions and to officers in the River Market District and at Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport. Police Chief Kenton Buckner said in light of civil unrest in places like Baltimore and Ferguson, Missouri,...

Retrial begins for man accused of killing Ashdown coupleASHDOW (AP) — A retrial has begun for a man once sentenced to death after initially being convicted of killing an Ashdown couple and attempting to kill their 7-month-old son. Forty-five-year-old Timothy Lamont Howard is charged with two counts of capital murder in the 1997 deaths of Brian and Shannon Day. He's also accused of trying to strangle the couple's infant son, Trevor, and faces one count of attempted murder. A prosecutor told the jury...

Man being chased by Little Rock police runs into daycareLITTLE ROCK (AP) — Police in Little Rock say a man who crashed a stolen vehicle while being pursued by officers ran into a daycare center and was later arrested. No injuries are reported. Lt. Sidney Allen says the incident began shortly after 11 a.m. Friday when officers began pursuing a stolen car that the driver crashed before running into Full Potential Daycare in south Little Rock. Allen says the man ran into an unoccupied portion of the d...

Bond hearings (April 17, 2015)The following individuals appeared during felony bond hearings Friday at the Pope County Detention Center. Their names, ages, anticipated charges and bond amounts are listed. If charged, they will appear May 18 in Pope County Circuit Court. — Amber Rogers, 25, delivery of methamphetamine or cocaine — $40,000. Rogers sold 16.6 grams of methamphetamine for $750 to a confidential informant with the Fifth Judicial Task Force on Jan. 15, according ...

Police: Jonesboro officer fatally shoots man with macheteJONESBORO (AP) — Jonesboro police say an officer shot and killed a man who authorities say attacked the officer with a machete. Patrolman First Class Heath Loggains shot Grant Finley, 31, late Tuesday after officer's were dispatched to Finley's home. Police said Finley fled into his home, then later came out, but retreated back into the home and officers tried follow when Loggains tried to push open the front door. Police say Finley then struc...

Ex-letter carrier pleads guilty to mail theftLITTLE ROCK (AP) — A former U.S. Postal Service employee has pleaded guilty to mail theft in Arkansas. Sheila Watts, 35, admitted on Tuesday to opening cards and letters from the Bee Branch post office, and taking gift cards and cash. Watts will be sentenced at a later date, but will receive credit for her guilty plea. Her case could be submitted to a federal grand jury for possible indictment. After the postal service received complaints abou...

Cause of Little Rock executive's death undeterminedMORRILTON (AP) — The Conway County Sheriff's Office says the cause of death is undetermined for a Little Rock business executive whose remains were found on Petit Jean Mountain last month. Sheriff Mike Smith told reporters Friday that the state medical examiner's report also listed the manner of death of John Glasgow as undetermined. He said the case remains open. Glasgow — the chief financial officer of CDI Contractors LLC — was last seen ali...

Student arrested after gun found at Little Rock schoolLITTLE ROCK (AP) — Police in Little Rock say a 14-year-old student has been arrested after he was found to be carrying an unloaded gun on the campus of Horace Mann Middle School. A police report says another student reported the weapon Friday morning and that a security officer assigned to the school took the boy out of class. The teenager was then searched and the handgun was found in his pants pocket. No injuries are reported. The report say...

North Little Rock coach fired by school boardNORTH LITTLE ROCK (AP) — District officials have unanimously voted to fire North Little Rock High School's football coach Brad Bolding, who is accused of recruitment and purchasing violations. School board members voted Friday to uphold their decision to terminate the coach made during a previous appeal meeting. Bolding requested the appeal after receiving a second termination notice. Superintendent Kelly Rodgers said the second notice was sen...

Missing man's death ruled homicide, suspect arrestedFORT SMITH (AP) — Police in Fort Smith say the death of a man who disappeared from his home in February and the man's caretaker has been arrested for second-degree murder in the case. Police said Wednesday that the state medical examiner has determined that the death of 57-year-old Jimmy Don Abner is a homicide. Police later arrested Abner's caretaker, who is being held without bond in the Sebastian County jail. Abner was reported missing Feb....

Police officer, suspect hit by police car in chaseLITTLE ROCK (AP) — A North Little Rock police officer and a suspect were injured during a foot chase Wednesday when they were struck by a North Little Rock police cruiser. Police said in a statement released Wednesday that the officer was trying to contact a suspect at a house on the 700 block of West 24th Street about 4 p.m. A few minutes later, the officer notified police dispatch that he was chasing the suspect on foot. A second officer dri...

Suspect wanted in theft of dynamite arrested in ArkansasHOT SPRINGS (AP) — Garland County authorities say a Hot Springs man wanted for questioning about stolen dynamite and other explosives has been arrested. The county sheriff's office said Wednesday that 38-year-old Jeremy Allen Bassford was arrested Tuesday afternoon for parole violation and 84 counts of stolen explosives. He is being held without bond. Details of the arrest were not released. Investigators had said they wanted to question Bassf...

Tsarnaev convicted in Boston Marathon bombingBOSTON (AP) — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted on all charges Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing by a federal jury that now must decide whether the 21-year-old former college student should be executed. Tsarnaev folded his arms, fidgeted and looked down at the defense table as he listened to one guilty verdict after another on all 30 counts against him, including conspiracy and use of a weapon of mass destruction. Seventeen of those count...

Man in custody after shootingCLARKSVILLE — A man was arrested by Johnson County Sheriff’s authorities after a shooting Tuesday at a Clarksville residence. A caller told 911 emergency communications that a man had been shot at CR 3259 in Clarksville, according to a Johnson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) press release. After Cpl. Todd Russell and Deputy Kenny Smith secured the scene, paramedics from Johnson Regional Medical Center transported the victim, Danny Mitchell, to ...